On vacation for a couple weeks, so... spent 2 days in the shop making progress.

Removed the front clip from my '46, pulled the engine and transmission in one piece. Inspected the U-joint and yoke. The yoke looked rough, so I removed the one from the back of the donor '51 Chevy sedan PowerGlide, mic'd it and the drive shaft half of the yoke is identical... slipped it on the '46 drive shaft and into the existing bushing to confirm. Fit perfectly despite the bushing for '51 and later being a different part number than the '40 through '50... concluded the difference must be in the OD of the bushing; anyone know for certain?

Being the tool-ophile that he is, my paw-in-law produced the tool for extracting the Okie bushing after several minutes of digging around in his tool cabinets (yay!). Purchased spark plugs for the 235 and ordered replacement clutch disc and pressure plate (clutch didn't slip at all, but the rivets on the disc were bright from wear and the pressure plate was scored).

Spent the last half of day 2 cleaning up parts-pieces.
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